Stanka Hrastelj was born 1975 in in Brežice and lives as a poet and translator in Krško. In 2001 she was named Best Young Poet at the Urška festival of young Slovenian literature. In 2005 Goga published her poetry book „Nizki toni“ (Low Notes), garnering her the Slovenian book fair award for best debut. At the 2007 Slovenian book days in Maribor, Hrastelj competed in a poetry tournament and won the title of Poet Knight. In 2009, Študentska založba published her second book of poetry, „Gospod, nekaj imamo za vas“ (We’ve Got Something for You, Mister), which put her on the shortlist for the annual Jenko Prize awarded by the Slovene Writers’ Association. Her debut novel „Igranje“ (Play) won the Blue Bird Award for Best Unpublished Work of Literature.

Stanka Hrastelj also translates poetry from Croatian and Serbian, writes afterwords, hosts literary readings and is an enthusiastic designer of unique clayware.